RSS says it does not support Jai Shri Ram slogans raised at Netaji event in Kolkata
RSS says it does not support Jai Shri Ram slogans raised at Netaji event in Kolkata
An RSS functionary on Wednesday said the Sangh does not support the Jai Shri Ram slogans that were raised at an event in Kolkata to mark the 124th birth anniversary of legendary freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose.
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UPDATED: January 27, 2021 20:47 IST
PM Modi and West Bengal CM at an event in Kolkata which was held to mark the 124th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. (Photo: PTI)
1971 to 2021 â We fought together, now Bangladesh Army marches with us on Republic Day
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The sight of the Bangladesh Army contingent proudly marching down New Delhiâs Rajpath on 26 January is a rare event indeed. Scarcely can anyone believe that it has been 50 years of the liberation of Bangladesh from Pakistani rule. What an occasion to celebrate one of the finest military victories in modern history. Rarely has there been a military campaign like the India-Pakistan war of 1971 in the Eastern theatre.
‘Jai Shri Ram’ At Netaji s Birth Anniversary Function: Mamata Banerjee’s Shout Of Silence
This round goes to Mamata Banerjee with her dignified refusal to deliver a speech to the chants of Jai Shri Ram at Netaji s birth anniversary function File Photo Anjana Basu 2021-01-25T13:28:21+05:30 ‘Jai Shri Ram’ At Netaji s Birth Anniversary Function: Mamata Banerjee’s Shout Of Silence outlookindia.com 2021-01-25T18:36:26+05:30
“Jai Shri Ram!” for a while that cry has been creeping into my consciousness beginning with when the first Hindu Rashtriya workers began materialising in the Lakes and teaching children to repeat the slogan. I heard it in a narrow lane early in the morning when a durwan (guard) greeted a Hindi-speaking friend and then again when the chant seemed to march outside my window down Gariahat with determined defiance only to slip into a more normal ‘Inquilab Zindabad!’ “Don’t worry about it,” a friend advis
Jai Shri Ram chants at Mamata: Trinamool questions PM s silence; Governor warns against attempts to belittle Netaji
The chief minister on Saturday declined to speak at an event, organised to celebrate Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose s 125th birth anniversary, after Jai Shri Ram slogans were raised there.
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KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress workers staged demonstrations in several districts of West Bengal on Sunday in protest against the insult of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a programme at Victoria Memorial, where she was greeted with Jai Shri Ram chants.
TMC supporters reportedly raised slogans against the BJP and burnt tyres on streets in Birbhum, Hooghly and West Burdwan.
“Jai Hind, Jai Bangla.”
With these words, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday reminded the Narendra Modi government of a basic lesson in civility that Indians raised on the philosophy of
Atithi Devo Bhava should be well familiar with: You do not insult your guest.
A section of the audience at an event hosted by the Union culture ministry at Victoria Memorial to celebrate the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had erupted in chants of “Jai Shri Ram” as Mamata was invited to speak.
The chanters ignored appeals from the emcee to “calm down” and allow the chief minister the “opportunity” to say a few words on this “auspicious occasion”.